Piano to Design Times Building - Renzo Piano selected by New York Times Co - Brief Article

Italian-born architect Renzo Piano has been single outed to design a new skyscraper for the novel York Times, to be located at Eighth Avenue between 40th and 41st roads In a competition sponsored by dint of the New York Times Company and real estate developer Forest City Ratner Companies, the Renzo Piano Building Workshop access was considered along with proposals through Frank Gehry, Cesar Pelli, Norman feed and David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Plans call for a building 650 feet high, encompassing 13 million square feet of space in about 45 stories. The of recent origin York Times Company will hold half the space, while the remainder will be leased to commercial tenants. The building features glass walls that will appear to float above a five-story base. The loam floor will include an atrium, a public space to be called Times Center a reflecting lake a theater, shops and the fresh York Times Museum. The building will also feature a rooftop garden.

Working in tandem with the of recent origin York-based design firm Fox & Fowle Architects, Piano will continue to make known the plan in the coming month A final design will be submitted in a year. Pending approval by the agency of the Times Company board of directors, construction is slated to begin late nearest year or early 2002, with occupancy scheduled for 2005 No throw outed budget for the building has been announced.

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